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by: Autoversicherung

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:40:18 +0000

My very Favorit Blog. Best regards from Germany. Thank you

by: ZEITGEIST / Collective Memory: CCI 2008

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:17:10 +0000

[…] Collective Memory: CCI 2008 Links to stories, eyewitness accounts and resources concerning Comic-Con International, held July 24-27 with a July 23 Preview Night at the convention center in San Diego, California. This entry will continue to be updated for as long as people ***** Institutional Convention Physical Location Host City Blog Entries Blog@Newsarama Notes 01 Blog@Newsarama on Darwyn Cooke Buzz Bags Chebutykin Collected Comics Library 00 Collected Comics Library 01 Collected Comics Library 02 Collected Comics Library 03 Collected Comics Library 04 Collected Comics Library 05 Dave Ferraro D&Q 01 D&Q 02 D&Q 03 D&Q 04 D&Q 05 D&Q 06 Good Comics For Kids 01 Good Comics For Kids 02 Good Comics For Kids 03 Good Comics For Kids 04 Good Comics For Kids 05 Ian Brill Irene Gallo 01 Jarret Kobek Jim Emerson Kelly Kilmer Major Spoilers on Moving The Show Matt Silady MetroMix Los Angeles Randy Lander 00 Randy Lander 01 Randy Lander 02 Randy Lander 03 Randy Lander 04 Randy Reynaldo Rick Marshall Rick Marshall on Joss Whedon Rick Marshall on Rick Geary Scott Edelman: Thursday Quickie Scott Edelman: Thursday Scott Edelman: Friday Quickie Scott Edelman: Friday Scott Edelman: An Encounter With James Owen Scott Edelman: Moo Scott Edelman: Sci-Fi Saturday Night Sean T. Collins Suvudu.com 01 Suvudu.com 02 The Beat 01 The Beat 02 The Beat 03 The Beat 04 The Beat 05 The Beat 06 The Beat 07 The Beat 08 The Beat 09 The Beat 10 The Beat 11 The Beat 12 The Beat 13 The Beat 14 The Beat 15 The Beat 16 The Beat 17 The Beat 18 The Beat 19 The Beat 20 The Beat 21 The Beat 22 The Beat 23 The Beat 24 The Smart Set Todd Klein on Wednesday Todd Klein on Saturday Todd Klein on Sunday Todd Klein on Thursday Todd Klein on Friday 01 Todd Klein on Friday 02 Tom Neely Valerie D’Orazio Zander Cannon Message Boards and Chat Rooms News Stories and Columns Big Shiny Robot! Index ComicMix CBR: David Glanzer CBR: David Glanzer 02 CBR: Matt Furie CBR: Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Becky Cloonan Cinematical Hub Greg Burgas Haaretz.com ICv2.com Summary ICv2.com: David Glanzer Interviewed LA Times General Article NPR PopCultureGeek Preview PW PW 02 PW 03 Reuters THR on Preview Night USA Today Audio TwoMorrows Preview Podcast Photos Blog@Newsarama Preview Night Chris Butcher ComicMix Coming Soon Jarret Kobek Kevin Church Rick Marshall Scott Edelman Miscellaneous 5 Reasons To Be Glad You Didn’t Go 50 Jewish Reasons to Attend CCI Article on Comics Movie Influential Folks Barry Windsor-Smith’s Eisner Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech Cliff Chiang’s SDCC Sketches Guide to CCI Jokers Kevin Church Comedic Commentary Pop Candy Giveaway Pre-CCI Hype Round-Up Remember 1971 Seuling Con In Light Of ‘08 CCI Variety Re-Run (?) on Moving the Con Videos Ali Kokmen Rallies The Trops Kevin Smith Vs. Comic-Con Virgin ***** ***** ***** […]

by: Dance with me for just the hell of it… « Blurred Productions

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:36:59 +0000

[…] UPDATE: Sam Jackson? The Eisners? […]

by: Cheryl Sleboda

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:57:27 +0000

I was the one who said I liked Tracy Todd’s outfit.
And it’s Portlyn and Atom! Freeman who won the Eisner Spirit of Retailing award, for the record.

by: Leigh Walton

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:41:05 +0000

That was Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants), not Jeff Kinney (Wimpy Kid).

An appearance by the latter would require the comics industry acknowledging DIARY OF A WIMPY KID as the juggernaut that it is, rather than covering our ears and pretending it doesn’t exist. Not much chance of that, I’m afraid.

by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » July 28, 2008: If Brad Meltzer can win an Eisner, anyone can…

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:45:46 +0000

[…] Let’s make this as quick and painless as possible. Tom Spurgeon has the list of this year’s Eisner winners; Heidi MacDonald live-blogged the awards ceremony; the folks at ActuaBD (Google translation) headline the lack of Francophone winners this year; and Katherine Farmer’s inclined to say “Fuck comics awards altogether.” I’m with her. […]

by: Torsten Adair

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:41:45 +0000

I was fortunate to catch Mike Peters and Jeff MacNelly give a chalk talk at the Library Of Congress during the comicstrip centennial.
If the Eisner Awards are clever, they will have him MC the awards next year. He can kill time by telling many funny TRUE stories!
Can’t believe it took this long for Occult to make it… I once wore Buster Brown shoes. I also hope the Con features more comicstrip talent. It’s like two elderly aunts who don’t talk to each other because of some heirloom.

by: Dirk Manning

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:25:57 +0000

I know I’m late in saying this, but I PROMISE YOU the “Toledo” joke is really funny if you’re familiar with the town.

Seriously.

by: Mark Coale

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:12:42 +0000

I was going to fix the typos this morning, but figured it would be more fun to read RAW, UNCENSORED H.

by: Kat Kan

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:38:05 +0000

As a former Eisner judge, I will say that during my year I read a lot of titles I wouldn’t have on my own. It caused me to stretch my boundaries a lot. Ever since then, I’ve been reading much more extensively across genres, publisher types, formats, etc. And when the nominations were announced this year, I was so pleased to see that I had already read a majority of the nominees. But yes, I keep hoping that those who vote will read more. (And yes, I do vote.)

by: Donnie

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:21:12 +0000

Gary never ages? So he’s always looked 50?

Seriously though, nice work.

by: The Beat

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:34:12 +0000

Hey kids, I was LIVE blogging (although bettert shi year than last) so many many misteaks,,,thanks for correx and clarifications.

by: rakarich

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:51:12 +0000

Jesse,

Gosh darnit, your honesty has left me speechless. Kudos to you my friend.

I guess the thing that made me feel this way was when the nominees were announced I saw it as a wonderful opportunity to “discover” new creators I was not aware of. I have to say award or not for some of these creators, they have a new fan in me.

by: Jesse Post

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:21:39 +0000

rakarich Says: I truly believe that there are more people who have the voting power who do not read all of the nominees than do. I believe the group that nominate the Eisners do more research and work than the people who actually vote … and THAT is a shame.

Agreed. While voting I tried to research the categories of which I knew nothing (best foreign material, for instance) but in most cases I just left a category blank if it was all Greek to me. Not sure if this is good or bad, but being disappointed with this year’s results, I will make an effort to make informed judgments next year. It’s clear that most people just vote their most familiar, if not their favorite.

Also, why is “Humor” the only genre that’s broken out from the pack? It seems odd that Buffy, Johnny Hiro, and Scalped all have to compete for the same award.

by: Da Fug

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:35:58 +0000

Thanks for the play-by-play. Nice to have an idea of what goes on at these things along with the winners list.

by: rakarich

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:28:30 +0000

OK, my soap box moment (apologies in advance ):

I truly believe that there are more people who have the voting power who do not read all of the nominees than do. I believe the group that nominate the Eisners do more research and work than the people who actually vote … and THAT is a shame.

This is my opinion and nothing more than selfish speculation (and I’m just a fan who doesn’t have a horse in this race).

by: Tim O'Shea

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:19:59 +0000

Heidi, thanks for the play by play.

by: Mark Coale

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:30:43 +0000

Eisner, Schmeisner.

Where are the lucha libre results from TJ? :>

by: GOMA DE MASCAR.net | SDCC: ganhadores do prêmio Eisner e a surpresa de Bá e Moon

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:26:59 +0000

[…] acompanhei de madrugada a entrega do prêmio Eisner pelo Beat da Heidi Mac, que ficou atualizando minuto a minuto. aqui está a lista dos resultados. mas a grande surpresa da noite foi ‘5′ ter levado Melhor Coletânea. é uma revista independente [sem editora ou distribuição] feita pelos gêmeos Gabriel Bá e Fabio Moon mais Rafael Grampá e o casal Becky Cloonan [EUA] e Vasilis Lolos [Grécia]. a mesma turma [menos Grampá] está na revista auto-publicada PIXU, lançada na convenção esses dias. […]

by: John Tebbel

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:45:49 +0000

Happy to join Heidi’s Fighting Newsboy Legion of Ultimate Clarification:

Yellow Kid was the star, Hogan’s Alley was the strip. It wasn’t a strip, it was a page. Daily strips didn’t come along till seven or eight years later. It’s considered to be the first comic, or at least the first continuously published newspaper comic. And Outcault’s big hit was Buster Brown, still influential, maybe the biggest mass culture crossover of any comic. I mean, a generation of mothers didn’t dress their boys like Charlie Brown or Li’l Abner, or even Nancy.